Obituary: Lyda Lee Taylor, 99, Bardstown

LYDA LEE TAYLOR

Lyda Lee Taylor, 99, of Bardstown, died Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, at Bluegrass Assisted Living in Bardstown. She was born Feb. 14, 1918, in Nelson County. She graduated from Chaplin High School in 1935 where she was valedictorian. She graduated from Georgetown College in 1939. She worked for J.C. Newcomb Oil Company. She was lifelong member of Flaget Auxiliary and a charter member of Old Kentucky Home Country Club. She loved antiques, was a longtime Baptist, a member of Bardstown United Methodist Church, and a staunch Democrat.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Julian Taylor; one son, Charles Murphy Taylor; and her parents, Allen and Exye Coomes.